The world is distracted. The war in the Middle East has fractured supply chains, unsettled oil markets, and redirected the gaze of policymakers and investors toward the Gulf and beyond. Yet while global attention fixates on conflict, a quieter, more consequential story is unfolding across 54 nations and 1.4 billion people. Africa — long mischaracterized […]
When the Air Force One lifted off from Beijing Capital International Airport on the morning of May 15, 2026, the question hanging over the departure was the same one that has followed every US-China summit in the post-engagement era: what, concretely, was achieved? The answers, delivered since, have turned out to be familiar — a […]
In the Persian language, the word ruh carries a weight that the English word ‘spirit’ only partially translates. It is at once the animating breath of the living and the residual force of the dead. The ruh does not simply vanish when its vessel is extinguished. It permeates the world it once shaped, bending the […]
The Islamabad meeting of the foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Turkiye and Egypt seems to have firmly established as the principal venue for potential US-Iran talks. Read More Here
China’s economy is more resilient than most, but a decline in global demand sparked by the war would hurt Chinese exporters. Read More Here
Beijing’s rise as a regional power broker at the US’s expense has lost momentum amid its reluctance to take on a sustained political or security role. Read More Here
Trump’s new foreign policy leans toward recognizing spheres of influence, departing from past interventionism and potentially avoiding future great power conflicts, especially with China, if handled with restraint and clarity. Read More Here
Global commodity prices are set to tumble to a five-year low in 2025 amid an oil glut that is so large that it is likely to limit the price effects even of a wider conflict in the Middle East, according to the World Bank’s latest Commodity Markets Outlook. Even so, overall commodity prices will remain 30% higher […]
How today’s regional conflicts resemble the ones that produced World War II. Read More Here
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